Christchurch

For the first time in four months, Aucklanders will finally get the chance to head south when the city's border opens tomorrow.

It's likely to be a day of busy airports, tearful reunions and a little… Audio

The days are numbered for MIQ for most people, with New Zealanders able to travel home and home isolate from Janaury or February next year, depending on where they're coming from.

But it'll stay in… Video, Audio

Cantabrians are hoping the end is in sight for a major post quake build, as contractors work around Covid construction delays.

One of Christchurch's main post-quake anchor projects, Parakiore, or the… Audio

The Christchurch City Council is reassuring residents there's little risk of beaches becoming contaminated with untreated waste.

That's despite a huge fire at a sewage treatment plant, east of the… Audio

Pierogi dumplings are a delicious Polish staple which some Canadians have adopted as their national dish. Kate Grater, who hails from Vancouver makes and sells them in Christchurch, at The Pierogi… Audio

Everyday New Zealanders will soon be given the chance play a bigger role helping new refugees settle in, thanks to a new Community Organisation Refugee Sponsorship (CORS) scheme that will soon be… Audio

Did our media keep calm and carry on when Covid came to Christchurch this week? Or amplify anger and confusion about loose borders and unvaccinated travellers? Bit of both . . . Audio

Christchurch residents are on tenterhooks as they head into the weekend with four cases of Covid-19 in the community.

Two more cases were confirmed this afternoon - cases the health ministry says… Video, Audio

Christchurch has avoided a snap lockdown for the second day in a row despite two new community cases of Covid-19 and a positive wastewater detection.

It comes after 125 new cases were reported today… Video, Audio